affiliates

Connected branch entities

Affiliates are people or organizations formally connected to a larger entity while maintaining some independence.

A company's affiliates might be subsidiaries or partners: The network and its local affiliates.

In marketing, affiliates earn commissions by promoting others' products.

The verb affiliate means to officially attach or associate: The hospital recently affiliated with the university medical school.

partners

associates

Connected persons or links

confederates · comrades · counterparts · compatriots · cohorts · accomplices · consortium · alliance · cooperation · synergy

business

subsidiary

Of lesser importance

division · corporation · enterprise · conglomerate · holding · venture · firm · multinational · brand · merger

marketing

referral

Directing someone elsewhere

network · promotion · advertiser · publisher · influencer · sponsor · endorser · ambassador · monetization · tracking

subordinates

employees

Paid staff members

  • staffOrganization's workers collectively
  • teamOrganized cooperative unit
  • crewWorking team aboard

assistants · deputies · aides · juniors · interns · apprentices · proteges · workers · colleagues · recruits

membership

members

People in an organization

locals · organizations · groups · clubs · societies · unions · associations · networks · fraternities · sororities

Categories
Opposites
connection/association

affiliatesdisconnects

Breaks a connection

separates · disjoins · severs · dissociates · detaches

organizational hierarchy

affiliatesheadquarters

Central command location

parent company · main office · central office · corporate headquarters · home office

independence status

affiliatesindependents

Unaffiliated persons or entities

non-members · competitors · rivals · outsiders · strangers

Phrases
Family

affiliate, affiliation, affiliated, affiliating, affiliations, disaffiliation, disaffiliate, nonaffiliated, disaffiliated

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